Selective Service 
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7/4/2021
A Faulty Court Precedent on Selective Service Leaves the Last Legal Sex Discrimination in Place
by Kara Dixon Vuic
Since 1981, the Supreme Court has allowed the exclusion of women from Selective Service registration on the grounds that they were excluded from combat and thus not liable to be drafted. This position is out of date with the reality of women's military service, yet the current court declined to correct its error.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
4/14/2021
Registering Women for the Draft Wouldn’t be a Big Departure from the Past
by Kara Dixon Vuic
An odd alliance of the ACLU and the antifeminist National Coalition for Men is petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling exempting women from registering with the Selective Service and potentially being drafted into the military. Many voices have long advocated this change.
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SOURCE: New York Times
3/22/2021
Does Requiring Only Men to Register for the Draft Violate the Constitution?
by Adam Liptak
A Supreme Court challenge to the male-only requirement to register for the draft is an odd coalition of the ACLU and the anti-feminist National Coalition for Men. If successful, it could end one of the last legal sex-based distinctions in federal law.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/17/2020
Social Distancing Won’t Happen Until Governments Order It
by Edward J.K. Gitre
To truly confront this threat we need to think bigger, to the greatest challenge the United States has had to face in the modern era, and yet overcame: World War II.
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